Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-28

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rMny % 1ne1nns e. whiqn ne1ene1lc1 has
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IA ha paid (or rather, Il g.fll sxpee1ed
20 p4gl ttaEzlsT 800 de eHTe BIS
noss ~ ths nnuuns. nn1 that acmina
aua. Wiah 10 egEdsno1a u thef for
whfoh 30 bad given Il being cf any
valna. be ontessa znit aReingt Rope- Cox
f1r fEaut. HIS irfoEmakion eh2rRes
that Poro- Cox, ID soIIcitinG him % s1b-
sarihe b lha stock of he eompany.
represented 1has TIE eusiEo plant ueoEs
nnSy for sh1 operation Of als6lrie Lights
II he city led been parnhaSed and
eairDa3 hilhaf. and ueEo thon locked
% II tbs nov bseokn6o. Upan theee
representations. TIE piniufiH alleged, be
hsd Purchased fha afook, and thai since
then he had learned lhA4 the elec1Ric
liQht plant wns nos IN The anow block
ade, bnf THAI appsaranoes 81 indicated
nou thai e Wo1ld be 3 very uintTF dag
uhen the nIant NouIa ret heRs@il noe
having been Purchased IS eli.
Asto zhis pofnt--ihaa Of Pope Cox's
INSTRUMENTATION -JudQe GenfnR held
lhss tha Obs he kold we're not 81 snch q
nharaoteE a. mada him nmenable 70 tke
lau. though Il seemed quite clear thal
be had
SWITCHED orr xHK TANGENT
OF truth. Mr.. Do1Rheriy. Who VA
folnea wish Eldsidee II lhs prosecution
lssfined lhaf faps-Cox had told him
Ihat bs flndislanally. and nol speakiBf
e - NeFchanfsl eompanyl had sim
psg ordered ths slant, etc.
tald ne plainaiffs when soliciting tkeii
purchase o. stock, shnl hs bad - Or
1szed ii and deolaEed thal such uns III
saet- be had dona %. and that part O
Il had arrived.
M - M O3A4ASA4N ana 0ts y al ID
rem, directors of the company, teetiiiei
/ 10 lhe same impoFf- that pope Cox hai
! actually ordered he plant upon biz oul
responsibility, end that material 10 thl
/ value Of $40 bad arrived, With dKaf
| for collection ss ane Of the banks her
/ following close behind, and THAI Il ha,
been paid out Of the m0ney raised b
/ the sale Of stock.
Thls much bore directly upon The eas
Il point with nufficianl fofoe 70 aoQui
| the dsfendant and plase the costs upoI
/ the county; bat munh mora entertain
/ ing teatim0ny was elected from Dr.. VA
Barren and MF. Ouimette and Mr.. Pops
Coz. According 10 their statements
he Merchants Electric Linhl, Heat
Power Oonpany vas organized last Jan
HaFy. Ne. Pope-Cox had come here q
the agent Of the American ElegtFi
Light Company Of New York, Of ID
Hull Engine & Boiler Company Of EEis
PE., and Of another company manufao
tarinQ other paEapheRnaiia necessary &
en- electric light plant.
After most admirable wrealle will
the City Council, be had secured q fFar
ehise for erecting POLES and operating a
sieetFlc light II the city. The fran,
ehiss had been granted % II. W. Pope
Cox and associates" Upon this car
tal be started Ia 10 form g company
and this was done In q brief period b.
Mr.. Pope. Cox and his associates form
inc than aafvna int fha enmuanv